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Legislation

There are many pieces of legislation which underpin the correct processing of personal data.  Click on the links below to access each of these pieces of legislation:

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 – General Data Protection Regulation – (GDPR)

Data Protection Act 2018

Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003

Data Protection Act 1988

S.I. No. 314 of 2018 - Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 36(2)) (Health Research) Regulations 2018

S.I. No. 188 of 2019 - Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 36(2)) (Health Research) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

S.I. No. 82 of 1989 – Data Protection (Access Modification) (Health) Regulations 1989

S.I. No. 83 of 1989 – Data Protection (Access Modification) (Social Work) Regulations 1989

 
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